Saturday, September 17, 2011

PHEEBS IS LEARNING FASTER THAN I AM:((

Well, it was Saturday morning and that meant doggy training at 'On Golden Paws in Varna. Only about a 5 minute nice country drive from where we live. From where we live, anywhere we go begins with a nice country drive:)) Our class was up to a full compliment of 4 with the addition of a large black 7 month old Newfoundland bear of a dog who's name escapes me at the moment. Good class with lots to learn and remember. Pheebs is doing better than I am in the old memory department. Maybe I am the one who should be on the other end of the leash getting the treats.Found out today our southwest departure date of October 15th may be in jeopardy. One of Kelly's daughters is flying from Vancouver with her twins at the end of the month for a 10 day or two week visit. Daughter and twins will be staying in Cambridge but plan on visiting Bayfield and staying at Deer Park Lodge for a few days. Kelly hasn't seen her daughter Sarah for 2 years and has never seen the twins. We'll just have to play it by ear and see how it goes…………………. Tonight we welcome Ester as our latest Bayfield Bunch blog follower. Nice to have you aboard Ester and hope you stick around for our upcoming travels. JOHN & BRENDA along with JANNA & MIKE are having a great time hanging out together and seeing some of Alberta Canada's finest scenery this past week. I think IVAN is nearby wandering around somewhere as well. Ivan in fact is a retired Park ranger who spent many years in the forests and mountains of that area. They all have some great scenic photos of Canada's mountain wonderland. I have been to Lake Louise and can vouch for the fact that yes, that is the true color of the water in the lakes around there. I especially remember the color of Emerald Lake.Shout Out to Richard in Tecumseh, Ontario. Wondering if you got the last two emails I sent in the past couple weeks. GROANER'S CORNER:)) Unless you got one of them there University edumacations this one might just slip right over your head………………………..
An Indian chief had three wives, each of whom was pregnant. The first gave birth to a boy. The chief was so elated he built her a teepee made of deer hide. A few days later, the second gave birth, also to a boy. The chief was very happy. He built her a teepee made of antelope hide. The third wife gave birth a few days later, but the chief kept the details a secret. He built this one a two story teepee, made out of a hippopotamus hide. The chief then challenged the tribe to guess what had occurred.
Many tried, unsuccessfully. Finally, one young brave declared that the third wife had given birth to twin boys.
"Correct," said the chief. "How did you figure it out?"
The warrior answered, "It's elementary. The value of the squaw of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Tourists see the world, travelers experience it.
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As a volunteer for an animal rescue I interview the applicants who want to adopt. I generally tell them obedience training is not so much for the dog but the person. The dog picks it up fast but the person generally needs work.. Just had one lady tell me she flunked three different times with three different dogs. Sounds like you are well on the way to success with Pheebe. Congratulations to you and kudo'w to Pheebe....

Change those treats to peanut butter sandwiches and you would be right there :-)....Our leaves here haven't turned as much as yours...And, as for changing up the departure date...It wouldn't be changed that much..Don't sweat the small stuff..It would be fun for you and Kelly to see the twins, for sure!!

AL'S CAMERA EQUIPMENT

A sometimes asked question readers have about my blog is what kind of a camera do I use. Well I have 8 of them and use them all. Five Nikon DSLR's, two quality Sony point and shoots plus one older Canon point and shoot.

'UPDATE':: July 2017 Thanks to a very generous blog reader I have been able to update my Nikon camera equipment and supplement my camera gear with a couple additional fine Sony cameras as well.I now have a 'donated' Nikon D7200 sporting my new Nikkor 18-300 3.5 zoom lens. Also have picked up a new Nikkor 1.8 primary 35mm lens. In addition I also now have a Sony RX100-3 camera as well as a Sony Exmore Cybershot. I have given my Canon Powershot point and shoot camera to a neighbor.

- In early 2017 I replaced my Nikon D-90 camera with a new D-3400 after the 'auto focus' feature on my aging D-90 quit working. The Nikon D-90 had been my work horse camera sporting a Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 lens. I used this camera for most of my landscapes and I now have it set up for night photography where 'auto focus' is not necessary.

-My older faithful and favorite Nikon D-40 finally packed it in during the summer of 2015 and I replaced it with a new Nikon D-3100.

- Previous to my Nikon D-90, most of my photos were taken with my old faithful Nikon D-50 from 2006 to early 2011 whereupon the D-50 suffered a rather gruesome death when it fell off a table onto a cement porch in southeastern Arizona. The 70-300mm lens on the camera survived the fall but the D-50 did not. My Nikkor lenses are interchangable between the D-90 the D-3100 and the D-3400.